Understanding realism and how it relates to painting will strengthen your work, whether you paint still life, landscapes, portraits, or abstracts. How light falls across objects creating atmosphere in two dimensions will be the focus of this two day class. We’ll discuss the importance of a strong value structure, when to edit details out, and when to emphasize them. The goal of this class is to develop a higher level of visual perception and understanding, which will translate to greater visual strength in your paintings.

Friday evening: (open to the public, time tba)

Free discussion and slide presentation discussing atmosphere, temperature, values, and the illusion of details in paintings. Progress pics of the artist’s paintings will be included. Questions and answers after the presentation.

Saturday: (all day, time tba)

Brief Introduction and Goals

Demonstration by the Artist

Quick Studies and quick critiques

Lunch

Quick Demonstration by the Artist

Painting and critiques

Sunday: (all day, time tba)

Demonstration by the Artist

Painting & critiques

Lunch

Painting & critiques

Last hour will be overall critiques of everything created, with emphasis on what to study moving forward